Workplace violence against nurses: A cross-sectional study

Zhang, Liuyi; Wang, Anni; Xie, Xia; Zhou, Yanhong; Li, Jing; Yang, Lei; Zhang, Jingping

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.04.002

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“…Workplace violence is one of the most significant psychosocial work hazards and a growing occupational safety and health concern in health care settings (Cheng & Pien, ; Lanctôt & Guay, ; Parent‐Thirion et al., ; Sun et al., ; Zhang et al., ). Workplace violence is defined as any incident where staff are abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances related to their work.…”

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“…Among workers in various occupations, nurses were found to be one of the high‐risk occupational groups for workplace violence and work‐related mental distress (Cheng & Pien, ; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, ; Parent‐Thirion et al., ; Pien, Cheng, Chen, & Chen, ). Studies from other Asian countries have indicated that nurses are at alarmingly high risk for workplace violence, with a one‐year prevalence ranging from 25.8% to 95.5% (Cheung & Yip, ; Choi & Lee, ; Sun et al., ; Zhang et al., ). However, few studies examined the impact of organisational psychosocial safety climate on workplace violence and workers’ health (Courcy, Morin, & Madore, ; Lee, Kim, & Park, ; Sun et al., ), and only two studies have used PSC scale in the Asian population (Idris & Dollard, ; Idris et al., ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Workplace violence is one of the most significant psychosocial work hazards and a growing occupational safety and health concern in health care settings (Cheng & Pien, 2016;Lanctôt & Guay, 2014;Parent-Thirion et al, 2016;Sun et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2017).…”

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Psychosocial safety climate, workplace violence and self‐rated health: A multi‐level study among hospital nurses

Pien

Cheng

2018

J Nurs Manag

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Psychosocial safety climate, workplace violence and self‐rated health: A multi‐level study among hospital nurses

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Cheng

2018

J Nurs Manag

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“…Additionally, compared with other forms of violence, internal and psychological violence is more strongly associated with organizational factors (Arnetz, Hamblin, Sudan, & Arnetz, 2018;Kwan, Tuckey, & Dollard, 2016;Van De Griend & Messias, 2014;Zhang et al, 2017); therefore, the associations between workplace violence and health can be confounded by organizational psychosocial work conditions. Psychosocial work conditions were reported to be associated with many stress-related disorders (Nieuwenhuijsen, Bruinvels, & Frings-Dresen, 2010); however, these conditions have rarely been considered in previous studies analysing the relationship between workplace violence and health.…”

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Internal workplace violence from colleagues is more strongly associated with poor health outcomes in nurses than violence from patients and families

Pien

Cheng

2018

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims To examine the associations between different workplace violence sources and health outcome in nurses. Background Workplace violence is a major threat to nurses’ physical and mental health. Other workers in the health sector, patients and visitors can cause workplace violence. To effectively prevent workplace violence‐related health problems, the differential impact of internal and external violence needs to be explored. Designs A cross‐sectional survey of 1,690 fully employed female nurses. Methods A self‐administered questionnaire was used to record the nurses’ experiences of workplace violence, including types (physical, psychological, verbal and sexual) and sources (internal and external) of violence. Data on psychosocial work conditions including work shift, psychological job demands, job control and workplace justice, were also collected. The nurses’ health condition was measured using the 5‐item Brief Symptom Rating Scale and Self‐Rated Health Scale and multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the associations between workplace violence and health. The study was carried out in 2015–2016. Results Sixty percent of the internal workplace violence was psychological and verbal and adverse psychosocial work conditions were associated with workplace violence. After adjustment for demographic characteristics and psychosocial work conditions, internal workplace violence resulted in higher risks of poor self‐rated health and mental health than did external workplace violence, particularly in nurses who had experienced psychological and verbal violence. Conclusion Internal workplace violence in the form of psychological and verbal violence had a stronger effect on nurses’ health than did external workplace violence. Organization‐level measures should be implemented to prevent internal violence.

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“…Bununla birlikte, özellikle sağlık çalışanlarının çalışma ortamların-da maruz kaldıkları iş yeri şiddeti de çalışanların fiziksel ve ruhsal sağlığını tehdit eden, tersinmez sonuçları olabilen önemli şiddet türlerinden biridir. 3,4 Kişilerin motivasyonunu, iş ve yaşam doyumunu olumsuz etkileyen mobbing duygusal bir saldırıdır. Bir veya daha fazla kişinin bir başka kişiye karşı düşman ve etik olmayan yöntemlerle sistemli bir şekilde uyguladığı ruhsal terör olarak tanımlanmıştır.…”

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